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Race Circumstances

Circumstances are codes applied to race entries when a boat doesn't finish normally or receives a penalty. These follow World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) conventions.

Adding a Circumstance

  1. Go to the race detail page
  2. Find the entry
  3. Click to add a circumstance
  4. Select the appropriate code

Removing a Circumstance

If a circumstance was applied in error, you can remove it from the entry.

Excluding Circumstances

These codes indicate a boat did not complete the race. The boat receives a penalty score (typically entries + 1).

Code Meaning
DNC Did Not Compete - entered in the series but did not start this race
DNS Did Not Start - was on the water but did not cross the start line
OCS On Course Side - started too early (over the line at the start)
UFD Under Flag (U Flag Disqualification) - penalised under flag U rule
BFD Black Flag Disqualification - disqualified under black flag rule
NSC Not Sailed Course - did not sail the correct course
DNF Did Not Finish - started but did not cross the finish line
RET Retired - withdrew from the race after starting
DSQ Disqualified - disqualified after a protest or rule violation
DNE Disqualification Not Excludable - cannot be discarded from series total

Penalty Codes

These codes apply a scoring adjustment rather than replacing the finish:

Code Meaning
ZFP 20% Penalty - percentage added to score (Z flag penalty)
SCP Scoring Penalty - a specific penalty added to the score
DPI Discretionary Penalty Imposed - penalty at the discretion of the protest committee
RDG Redress Given - score adjusted to compensate for an incident

How Circumstances Affect Scoring

  • Excluding circumstances replace the boat's finish position with a penalty score
  • DNE scores cannot be discarded - they always count in the series total
  • Penalty codes are applied on top of the boat's finishing position
  • See How Scoring Works for details on score calculation

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